Oct 28, 2018
WARNING: Strong content and language.
31st October 2018 marks the 30th Anniversary of James Finch confessing to firebombing the Whiskey Au Go Go nightclub in Fortitude Valley. Fifteen people died in the fire on Thursday, 8th March, 1973, at the time it was Australia's worst mass murder. John Stuart and James Finch were...
Oct 21, 2018
Former prison officers and prisoners believed that Boggo Road Gaol was haunted; there are ghost stories dating back to the 1930s. Many people died within the walls of the prison during its long history. In this episode, Gaol Director Jack Sim, author of “The Ghosts of Boggo Road Gaol”, and founder of Brisbane Ghost...
Oct 14, 2018
For more than 100 years women were locked up at Boggo Road Gaol. Their stories are often overlooked. Research Coordinator Sue and performer Karen, an actor with the Female Division, a branch of Boggo Road Gaol's live theatre troupe The Prison Players, talk about this forgotten...
Oct 7, 2018
Between 1883 and 1913, forty-two criminals comprised of thirty-nine men, one woman and two teenagers, were executed at Boggo Road Gaol. All were hanged, the last in 1913. In this episode, Gaol Director Jack Sim and Research Coordinator Sue talk about a new exhibition - "The Gallows" - which explores the history of...
Oct 1, 2018
The distinctive name of Australia's most notorious prison has a fascinating origin. In this episode Director Jack Sim and Research Coordinator Sue explain where the word "Boggo" came from and how Boggo Road Gaol was never its official name.